Network Take: A Lone Lunatic Attack or a Broader Conspiracy?

The man who carried out a deadly terrorist attack in London was British-born and had been previously known to authorities, UK Prime Minister Theresa May said on Thursday.

Police named Khalid Masood, 52, as the Westminster attacker, who mowed down pedestrians on Westminster Bridge before stabbing a police officer inside the gates of Britain’s Parliament on Wednesday.

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